Tag: Review

Friday Review: The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa #1) by Alex Bledsoe

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(This review is of the audiobook version, narrated by Emily Janice Card and Stefan Rdunicki) The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Tufa are an enigmatic people, living almost exclusively in Cloud County, in the backwoods of Tennessee. No one knows exactly where they came from, or … Continue reading Friday Review: The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa #1) by Alex Bledsoe

Friday Review: Wards of Faerie (Dark Legacy of Shannara, #1) by Terry Brooks (Audiobook)

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Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks My rating: 4 of 5 stars Narrated by Rosalyn Landor First thing I have to say is that I "read" the audiobook of this novel. And the second thing is that I jumped ahead a couple books when I saw my library had the audiobook. I liked this book. … Continue reading Friday Review: Wards of Faerie (Dark Legacy of Shannara, #1) by Terry Brooks (Audiobook)

Friday Review: Goblin War (Jig the Goblin #3) by Jim C. Hines

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Goblin War by Jim C. Hines My rating: 4 of 5 stars In this third book of his goblin series, Jim C. Hines has sent Jig Dragonslayer and his goblin friends on an adventure in the outside world. Shut out of their mountain lair by magic, Jig and his companions are pulled into a war … Continue reading Friday Review: Goblin War (Jig the Goblin #3) by Jim C. Hines

Friday (Movie) Review: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

~ M.A. Kropp

Here's the thing- when I was a kid, like many kids, I read and collected comic books. I have not even so much as read a comic book in more years than I can count, but I remember them as part of my childhood. I collected, primarily, two sets- X-Men and Fantastic Four. Given that, … Continue reading Friday (Movie) Review: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Friday Review: The City Stained Red (Bring Down Heaven #1) by Sam Sykes

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The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was my first book by Sam Sykes, and it was a good introduction to his works. The book opens with a band of adventurers (read: mercenaries) on a mission to collect the payment owed to them by their latest employer. They … Continue reading Friday Review: The City Stained Red (Bring Down Heaven #1) by Sam Sykes

Friday Review: Bones of the Dragon (Dragonships of Vindras, #1) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

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Bones of the Dragon by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm fan of the works of Weis and Hickman. I first found them in The Rose of the Prophet trilogy, and later read the Deathgate Cycle. They are also the autors of many of the Dragonlance books, although I … Continue reading Friday Review: Bones of the Dragon (Dragonships of Vindras, #1) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Friday Review: Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

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Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fuzzy Nation is a re-working of H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy, a wonderful first contact story. Jack Holloway is an independent surveyor for ZaraCorp, exploring the planet looking for resources that can be mined. He causes a large scale cliff collapse, and ZaraCorp is … Continue reading Friday Review: Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

Friday Review: Hellhole: Awakening by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

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Hellhole Awakening by Brian Herbert My rating: 3 of 5 stars I did not read the first book in the series. I got this one in a contest, and decided to give it a try and if I needed to read the first, I could always shelve this until I did. As it turned out, … Continue reading Friday Review: Hellhole: Awakening by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Friday Review: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this up after seeing Neil Gaiman mention it in a blog post, or some other online posting. It was published originally in 1960, and is, I suppose, a children's book. It is not a simple book, written to be read … Continue reading Friday Review: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner